M.C. and I both had to take our cars to get the oil changed. We decided to take them to the same place, but our experiences were very different. I jumped back into my car and noticed a faint but pleasant floral scent wafting from the vents when I turned my car on. It lasted about a day and then disappeared altogether. I thought it was a nice touch.
M.C. jumped back into his car and noticed a distinct fish smell wafting from the vents. At the time, he shrugged it off as the car just picking up some smell from outside, but the odor lingered all the way to his house. The next day he came to pick me up for work, and the stench had magnified overnight. My eyes were watering as we drove away, and by the time we got up to speed on the highway, the full force of dead fish had permeated throughout the car.
The moral of the story: Unless you want the smell of dead fish wafting from your vents for weeks after you leave the shop, don’t take your car in five minutes before the place closes and ask for the Premium Service.
